Outside of a Dog: 2007 Hugo Award Nominees: Novella

Dan Blum

Dan Blum wrote on July 13, 2007 at 12:18 AM:

I certainly hope Dragons of Babel is better than the excerpt, since my understanding is that it is somehow related to The Iron Dragon's Daughter and that was a very good book, albeit a confusing one. Given that confusion it wouldn't surprise me if the excerpt made more sense in context, although I agree in that case it doesn't work except as a sort of teaser for the novel.

Kate

Kate wrote on July 16, 2007 at 11:03 AM:

Dan: further down the page I linked above, Swanwick says that "It doesn't feature any of the characters or places from Daughter, but the dragons are identical. So perhaps it's the same world, perhaps not. If it is the same world, though, it takes place on a different continent entirely."

For whatever that's worth.

Kate

Kate wrote on July 23, 2007 at 3:15 PM:

Update: Wilson's story is online as HTML as well.